While working class jobs may have changed with the shift to a service economy, the experience of poor pay, long hours, and class discrimination that the union movement has fought against remains all…Read more…
Almost half the self-employed are on poverty pay
Almost half of self-employed adults aged over 25 are earning less than the minimum wage, according to new analysis by the TUC, that punctures the myth of a growing army of wealthy entrepreneurs.Read more…
Review: Spook Street, by Mick Herron
Let me start by saying that having now read the first four books in the Jackson Lamb/Slough House series, I think we can pretty well give up on any expectation that the plots are going to get any…Read more…
Top 10 Country GDP Ranking History (1960-2017)
Fascinating video chart. The hegemony of USA, the rise and relative fall of Japan and now the rise of China.Read more…
Vote Pete Hannell for London National Labour Link elections – ballot papers out now!
Vote for a London NHS worker to represent you in UNISON’s National Labour committee
I am a front line NHS health worker, a paramedic in the London Ambulance Service, working shifts while still being an active UNISON steward, representing and defending …Read more…
Why join a union?
“Everyone deserves fairness, equality and justice at work. That’s what trade unions stand for. When you join a union, you join a movement that’s 6 million strong.
Working people are stronger when they act together. And together, we can make the workin…Read more…
Why I’m voting yes – part two
In the second of our series of first-hand accounts from Unite members at St Mungo’s on why they’re voting for strike action, we meet a member* who says that “sensible people know that you don’t make…Read more…
‘The bravado of govt must stop’
Fears that the government’s hard Brexit stance could be pushing the UK towards its first recession in 10 years were heightened today (August 9) after official figures showed the economy shrank during…Read more…
MINUS 0.2 PER CENT: The worst time to cut ourselves adrift
GDP fell by 0.2 per cent in 2019 Q2, confounding expectations of flat growth. The worst quarter since 2012 Q4 echoes economic fragilities across the globe. But in the UK it’s a particularly worrying…Read more…
Review: Roman Malinovsky: A Life Without A Cause, by Ralph Carter Elwood
The name of Roman Malinovsky is little remembered today, but this was not the case a bit more than a century ago. Malinovsky was one of the most important figures in the Bolshevik Party in the years…Read more…
Newham Council working with TELCO Citizens on the Housing Crisis
Picture from Tuesday with Newham TELCO Citizens. I first worked with TELCO in the 1990s when my trade union branch, UNISON Tower Hamlets was affiliated and I can remember going on demos and lobbies with them over the London Living wage.
Their twitter …Read more…
Rural crime rise – Tory cuts to blame
Rural crime has hit a seven year high, costing a massive £50m last year, new figures show. A report by insurer NFU Mutual found that rural crime increased by 12 per cent from 2017 to 2018 –…Read more…
Benefit assessors’ challenge withdrawn after tragic death
The climbdown by Capita, which tried to reverse the ‘reputational damage’ it claimed to have suffered after a benefits’ claimant died, should herald a new and more sympathetic way for assessing…Read more…
‘Make your voices heard’
Unite regional officer Tabusam Ahmed explains why members need to vote in homeless charity St Mungo’s strike ballot
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Why I’m voting yes
Unite members at homeless charity St Mungo’s are having to consider taking strike action. In the first of a series, we meet the members having to make this tough choice as they tell us their…Read more…
‘Think again’ UNISON tells government on LGPS plans
UNISON responds to the government consultation on proposals that would allow higher and further education employers in England to opt out of providing LGPS membership for new staff members
The…Read more…
Review: Real Tigers, by Mick Herron
The third volume in Mick Herron’s Jackson Lamb series of thrillers continues to be as good as promised. Each of the books sees one or more members of his ‘slow horses’ team leave…Read more…
Organising in the digital age: TUC Digital Lab workshop report
On Wednesday 26th July at UCL we held our fifth TUC Digital Lab session, looking at the challenges and opportunities for unions in making greater use of digital in organising. The session began with…Read more…
How To Save Harland & Wolff
The future of Belfast’s Harland & Wolff shipyard could be guaranteed if the Government were to award the contract to build aircraft carrier support vessels to a UK Consortium. The…Read more…
Housing Associations branch supports UNISON End Violence at Work Charter
Tonight I chaired UNISON London Housing Associations Branch Executive meeting during which we discussed our support of the End Violence at Work Charter.
I am pleased to report that a number of our branch employers are close to signing the Charte…Read more…